[HoE] Armor Stability

[Abdullah Oblongota <toadpooka@usa.net>]

<<Oh. Normally Junker Devices only roll Stability on there first roll a
day or at
  least once a week. With high Stability's I didn't go for this. In my
game its
  roll as Mad Scientist devices do in Deadlands. Thats each use. Each.
  Each bullet smacking against the Armor. Roll. Each shot of that nifty
plasma
  gun. Roll. That 20 comes up more than once when using this. If the
Junker
  complains. Just point out their 32 dollar suit of level 2 armor. :)>>
So, the key to success is low Stability, eh?
Stability 14? Fine, make the roll every day.
Stability 23? Oh, now you gotta roll every time the wind blows.
That makes about as much sense as posting MIME messages to the list
(sorry, I'm a digester, and that's damn annoying)
If you stick to the rules, and have the armor take Durability steps,
making rolls for every durability step the suit takes, you'll find it
balances out pretty well.  That, and the Stability gets lower with EVERY
step.  The last Stability check taken by that suit with 23 Stability
will be at 18...not too high, compared to other devices out there,
especially when you consider that the suit isn't far from just falling
apart at that point...
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